Sharing this clipping from 1979. According to the clipping, there was an early cocaine cowboy style shooting in Miami Springs in August of 1979. According to the article, a 32 year old Colombian man was killed from “automatic rifle fire.” The incident occurred at 433 South Royal Poinciana Boulevard. Another man was also shot, “but escaped death by diving out a second-floor balcony.”
August 27, 1979: The Miami News reports on a murder in Miami Springs that may be related to the “recent rash of drug-related shootings involving Colombian nationals.” This involved an “automatic rifle” fire and one of the wounded victims “diving out a second-floor balcony.” pic.twitter.com/u4whGPtwhc
— SFDB (@sfdb) August 27, 2019
